Reply #25: The point of an election is to win a majority of the American populace. That a solid Democrat [View All]

[KittyWampus]

such as Obama is capable of attracting not only Democrats, but independants and moderates, should be seen as desirable by anyone wishing to see the political center of this country move to the Left, a Democrat in the White House and more of them in Congress.

Especially since Obama is not only liberal, he makes no bones about it and, in fact, speaks of it as well as the import of winning with a mandate.

But I can see where all this would be lost on those supporting those regressive Democrats who believe that it's all well and good to win by the slimmest of margins and with not even a hint of a mandate.

And it seems to me that you have created a straw man in using the word "progressive" since neither Obama nor Clinton label themselves as such.